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Yearly updates on the environmental water quality of the Bay and its catchments
Helping you protect & enjoy our waterways
Environment Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) and Kidsafe Victoria have teamed up to encourage parents to check the water quality forecast before taking children swimming in Port Phillip Bay or the Yarra River this summer.
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Melbourne Water has commenced an environmental water release to the Yarra River.
Many beaches in the bay are still rated as poor today (8 December 2017) due to continued rainfall causing runoff from stormwater outlets. The affected beaches are marked as red on the Beach Report map.
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13 metres is the average depth of Port Phillip Bay
<150 of the Burrunan dolphin live in Port Phillip Bay
10,000 species can be found in and around Port Phillip Bay
Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio has announced the launch of State of the Bays 2016 - the Victorian Government’s first ‘health check’ for the iconic Port Phillip Bay and Western Port.
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